GOLFER'S AMBITION
"I think I played sonio fine golf," commented Bobby Locke, just prior to leaving London for South Africa, "and I shall fly from South Africa lo England in ItUO. I here is an Imperial Airways service .from Durban, and that will be my method of travelling next April. T promise you that if I win the British open title I will buy an aeroPlane and fly it homo lo South Africa. Locke explained that he was keen on il.vmg, and that he had done 25 hours' training in South \frica, "I have not flown during I his trip because I did not know how It mixes with ehampionship vrolf; but if I win trie open next vear I'll feel like Rying lo the moon." Locke refused to be drawn on tho suhject of Cotton, saying he preferred not to talk about it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23486, 25 October 1939, Page 16
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